For 9x/ME BD Free 10 is ON ACCESS, P2P and email scan. I hope that you can find it at fillhippo or softpedia. IT WORKS! I have many old 9x clunkers running BD Free. But avast! giving up on 9x/ME/NT/2000, the world shall be forever in schock!
Dave
Bit Defender 10 Free is at the above link, certainly at File Hippo, that’s where I got it. I also got some re-assuring news from Clam Win with the following exchange in their forum. Nice to know there is a current alternative, if + when the “unthinkable” happens, Ken.
My question: Will Clam Win continue to support Win98SE for the long term?
Clam Win admin Alch reply: we have no plans to abandon it
My reply: Alch. Thanks for your quick reply. This is very reassuring to know, Ken.
It’s a pity, really, that the detection rate of ClamWin let that much to be a trustable antivirus nowadays.
Agree Tech, but “beggars can’t be choosers!!”
Rising AV shall continue also to support 9x/ME, but only with its AV – not its security suite. For BD 10 Free, be sure to choose COMPLETE option during when installing. BD 10 Free has also some registry protection for 9x/ME only, so that’s someting to consider if you are planning on using, e. g., SSM alongside it.
My Clam ain’t updating.
Dave
Beggars can be choosers if they choose Xubuntu.
or Frank a Mac, which, for me, is becoming an increasingly appealing alternative.
Hi
I am well pleased with W98SE and dual boot with Xubuntu.
I prefer an “additional” solution to an “alternative” solution.
However, Xubuntu cannot recognize my scanner which, like
my computer is 11 years old but it’s free (or cheap) and
easy to test Xubuntu (or another Linux distro) using a live CD.
My regards
I think Kubuntu (that requires a little more RAM) is more similar to Windows and could make the OS passage more smoothly…
Hi,
With more than 256 MB RAM by all means try Kubuntu.
With 192 MB or more try Xubuntu. Which is fast,
typically faster than W98SE, on old hardware.
With 128 MB or less try PuppyLinux or google for an
alternative.
If you don’t already use Firefox or Thunderbird you could
try them using the portable versions on your Windows
Hard Drive and/or a USB stick.
Either can be run from 'buntu, without any changes, via
“Wine”. Otherwise the 'buntu versions of either program
could be used instead or as well the windows versions.
If these meet your basic internet needs and you dual boot
there may be no rush to learn a lot about 'buntu.
Linux is free, secure and stable and it’s an ideal answer
for me. Other Win98 users may well prefer XP or Vista,
especially if they already have some experience and have,
or will have, sufficiently powerful hardware.
Either way, with Avast for Windows or Avast for Linx you’ll
maintain first class security protection.
My regards
PS Else, like Ken, plenty of users reckon on the Mac.
This chat we are having is getting even more interesting Mike, Tech + others. I too have been playing with Puppy Linux. I only have a P3 600, 256 megs, 32 meg ATI Radeon 7000, dsl internet, so, especially as a live cd, Ubuntu is very slow. Puppy 2.0 (which works best on my computer) suits me perfectly because I can run it as a live cd, which loads completely into ram, runs almost as fast as Win98SE. Puppy saves all my settings after each session to a 512 mb file on my computer “C” drive, so the next time I run Puppy it boots up in 30 sec. keeps all my settings. Even though I use Puppy only as a live cd, I can install new software like Firefox, the Gimp, to that large file on my “C” drive until it fills up. My only problem with all Linux is I cannot get a driver for my Lexmark P915 printer not even at linuxprinting.org, the central repository for Linux printer drivers.
I can’t take anymore time now, but my story about how I got into playing with a Mac was a revelation, very inexpensive, perhaps another time, another subject. Bottom line, is that there is no registry in a Mac, therefore very little chance of a virus or spyware. Even installing + uninstalling software is so simple. Ken.
Try ReActOS. Runs at 16 MB, and is very fast with such little ram!
Dave
Hi Dave,
Interesting. Thank you. Although in alpha testing, have you tried it with any well known windows programs (including Avast)?
My regards
[QUOTE]Hi Dave,
Interesting. Thank you. Although in alpha testing, have you tried it with any well known windows programs (including Avast)?
My regards
[/quote]
No, but you’re giving me ideas for keeping me out of trouble! ;D
This should be interesting.
Dave